Now available for you: the fourth climate change assessment by key U.S. government agencies; this is the “Climate Science Special Report” prepared by the U.S. Global Change Research Program of the Federal government. The contents of this official U.S. government assessment of climate science are of significance if you are… Read More
The Needle Continues to Move Forward – Developments in Corporate Sustainability / Responsibility and Sustainable Investing Continue to Shape an Important Year
September 10, 2018
Third in the 2018 Series Continuing our commentary on the theme advanced by MSCI’s Linda Eiling Lee – that 2018 would be a year of Volume and Velocity with rapid, dramatic changes in sustainable investing and corporate sustainability, we bring you this update as the “new business year” begins after… Read More
California Leads the Way (Again) – State’s Giant Pension Funds Must Now Consider Portfolio Climate Risks & Report on Results – It’s the Law
September 6, 2018
There are two large pension funds in the State of California whose names and abbreviations are well known to other investors and to the boards and senior managements of the companies the funds invest in. These are the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement… Read More
New Corporate “E” and “S” QualityScores For 1,500 Companies Are In Addition to the Core “G” Score for Corporate Governance For Investors / Fiduciaries... More “big news” for both corporate sustainability officers and sustainable investment professionals at the start of 2018: Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which began operations in the… Read More
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS LAUNCH ALLIANCE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS
February 8, 2018
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Provides Leadership for Investor Collaboration To Advance Corporate Sector and Investor Action on Human Rights Issues The recently-launched Investor Alliance for Human Rights managed by ICCR provides a collective action platform to consolidate and increase institutional investor influence on key business and human rights issues.… Read More
“PROOF OF CONCEPT” FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTING? Barron’s Weighs In With Inaugural List of Top 100 Sustainable Companies
February 7, 2018
We're thinking - Dramatic “Proof of Concept” for Sustainable Investing? The Influential Barron’s Publication Continues Its Focus on Sustainable Investing, Names the Inaugural Roster of "The Top 100 Sustainable Companies -- Big Corporations With The Best ESG Policies Have Been Beating the Stock Market." Barron’s, owned by the Dow Jones… Read More
Volume and Velocity: These may well be the key characteristics of developments in corporate sustainability and in sustainable investing in the year 2018 -- MSCI and BlackRock Setting the Pace... Bigger, faster, more...this is how Linda-Eling Lee, Global Head of Research for MSCI’s ESG Research Group and her colleague Matt… Read More
INVESTORS AND THE SDGS — AND YOUR COMPANY. How Are Investors Using the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Evaluate the Performance of Public Companies?
January 12, 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by 193 nation-members of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015. There are 17 goals and 169 “subsets” or targets. To achieve the goals over time (out to the 2030 target date), collaboration among investors, companies, governments, the UN system, other multilateral… Read More
INVESTORS FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, GHG EMISSIONS at Fossil Fuel Companies – and Other Public Companies Beyond the Energy Sector
January 6, 2018
A growing number of institutional investors are focused on “De-carbonizing” their investment portfolios – New York City Pension Funds in the Lead... But the issues are not clear-cut, and the debate goes on among key players in the capital markets…on the investor and corporate sides. One of the leaders of… Read More
The American Bar Association, the largest legal trade organization with over 400,000 members worldwide, in more than 3,500 entities. ABA has long been a leader in promoting more effective corporate governance and rule of law, focusing attention on the challenges of global climate change, environmental pollution, renewable energy, sustainable development,… Read More
Credit Rater Moody’s Investor Services To Examine Government Sector Response to Climate Change Challenges – the Ripple Effect on the Corporate Sector
December 2, 2017
Credit Rater Moody’s Investor Services To Examine Government Sector Response to Climate Change Challenges – the Ripple Effect on the Corporate Sector Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. is one of the Big Three of credit rating agencies for governments and corporations. Part of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO), the service issues ratings and… Read More
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORTING: WHERE ARE WE, WHAT IS THE ROAD AHEAD… KMPG’s 2017 Global Survey Yields Important Information
November 21, 2017
Issue 4.2 We present highlights of the 10th survey of corporate responsibility reporting by KPMG for you. Results represent a survey of 4,900 companies in 49 countries & regions, deep analysis of corporate reporting revealed important trends that are of value to managers responsible for CR reporting in their respective… Read More
LEAD FROM THE TOP, ADVISES THE CERES EXPERTS: Corporate Sustainability Needs “Competence” On The Subject in the Board Room
October 23, 2017
Issue 3.5 The Ceres organization is sharing a great new report that you (in turn) can share inside your company - and upwards in the chain of command to the board room and C-Suite. KEY OBSERVATION Relatively few C-suite execs or board members embraced the concept of "corporate sustainability" in… Read More
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES – CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES: Cities, Communities, Companies, Local Governments & States Take Up the Challenge
August 31, 2017
Issue 1.6 CITY LEADERS SAY: Climate Change Will Affect Their Populations and New Policies Are Needed – Along With Collaborations and Partnerships With Companies and the Capital Markets Background for you: The Federal government under the administration of President Donald Trump has signaled the official intention of withdrawal from the COP 21… Read More
Issue 1.3 IN FOCUS: Carbon Emissions, Water, Forestry, Supply Chain, Sector Analysis, and New Tools and Resources for Companies' Use, New Science-based Targets, More Collaboration With Stakeholders, More and More Transparency... How will your company be affected? "Back when" -- approaching two decades ago -- a small team based in London began to… Read More
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